News Seven New Star Trek Stamps

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Canada Post has announced seven new Star Trek-themed stamps. The 2017 Trek stamps include the five Captains (James T. Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard,...

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[UssGlenn]

Interesting that they paired Picard with Locutus. Guess Janeway had dibs on the Borg Queen. Any other good options for Picard?

 

[MadeIndescribable]

Interesting that they paired Picard with Locutus. Guess Janeway had dibs on the Borg Queen. Any other good options for Picard?

Probably Q? Gul Madred seems a bit too unknown (plus Sisko has Dukat).

I reckon Archer should have had Silik though...

 

[alensatemybuick1]

I'd take a Galileo 7 first day cover, not sure I care that much about the rest.

ON EDIT: Hmmm, the Galieo FDC (second form bottom in link below) seems to depict the inaccurate Haynes Manual illustration.

https://www.canadapost.ca/shop/mc/assets/images/app/ecomm/large/414039131.jpg

 

[marlboro]

 

[Dick Whitman]

I am surprised to see the main Xindi Reptilian on Archer's stamp. Though I guess there is a certain logic to it. Over the course of the Arc he appeared in more episodes than any other villian in th series.

 

[B.J.]

Not a stamp collector, but I like the way they trimmed the Borg Cube stamp, putting the serrated edge right on the edge of the cube.

 

[alensatemybuick1]

Just noticed purely by accident (looking for something else entirely) that the new Galileo stamp is based on Doug Drexler's image of the shuttlecraft from the 2010 Ships of the Line Calendar.

 

[marlboro]

Interesting that they paired Picard with Locutus. Guess Janeway had dibs on the Borg Queen. Any other good options for Picard?

If not Q, I think I would have gone with Tomalak. He was a great villain who made several memorable appearances.